Blue Water Thinking is seeking a Senior Contract Support Specialist to support acquisition support services. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree and at least 24 semester hours in fields such as accounting, business, finance, or law. Experience in contracting, construction, or leasing is required. The candidate must be able to provide clear leadership and technical direction to lower-level acquisition personnel.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with a major in any field; or at least twenty-four (24) semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and management.
- Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C Level I, II, or III), FAC-C (Professional), or DAWIA Level III in Contracting certification or courses leading to certification, or demonstration of the completion of commercial courses equivalent to certification.
- Experience in at least one of the following areas: Construction/Architect-Engineering (AE) Specialized Experience, Complex service contracts (such as Health Care Contracts) experience, or Leasing and Specialized experience.
- Ability to provide clear leadership, technical direction, and guidance to all lower-level acquisition personnel.
- Possess excellent time management and writing skills.
- Ability to collaborate with customers and stakeholders on performance requirements among multiple sites and service lines to obtain agreement, standardize enterprise equipment, supply and/or service requirements in support of strategic acquisition plans.
- Ability to refine and improve source selection evaluation criteria.
- Ability to make suggestions by analyzing difficult contracting issues and identifying alternative courses of action to satisfy specialized requirements and solve a variety of contracting problems.
- Ability to conducting gap analyses and understanding of cost elements which go into the production, management or delivery of a healthcare resource service or product.
- Ability to provide advisory support and prepare procurement packages for review in accordance with customer requirements and in compliance with VA policy and procedures, to include federal and state laws and regulations.
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental and vision)
- Paid time off
- Federal holidays
- Matching 401K plan
